S.I. No. 216/2016 - Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2015 (Commencement of Certain Provisions) (No. 3) Order 2016.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 6th May, 2016.

The Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 1 (4) of the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2015 (No. 42 of 2015), hereby orders as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2015 (Commencement of Certain Provisions) (No. 3) Order 2016.

2. The 9th day of May 2016 is appointed as the day on which the following provisions of the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2015 (No. 42 of 2015) come into operation:

(a) section 26, insofar as it is not already in operation;

(b) sections 28 and 29;

(c) section 36;

(d) paragraph (b) of section 60, other than paragraph (c) of subsection (4) of section 135 of the Residential Tenancies Act 2004 (No. 27 of 2004) as that subsection is substituted by paragraph (b) of section 60.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government.

3 May 2016.

ALAN KELLY,

Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation)

This Order appoints 9th May 2016 as the date on which specified provisions of the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Act 2015 come into effect. The Order commences section 26, insofar as it is not already in operation, in relation to the notice of new rent to be served on a tenant by a landlord.

In addition, the order commences sections 28 and 29, which provide for stronger verification arrangements in relation to the termination of a tenancy, and section 36, which provides for a more streamlined procedure for third parties to bring complaints to the Residential Tenancies Board (RTB) relating to anti-social behaviour. Finally, the Order commences most of section 60(b), which provides that confirmation of a tenancy registration, which is currently sent to the landlord, must also be sent to the tenant together with information setting out landlord and tenant rights and obligations.